2015 Nippo–Vini Fantini season

The 2015 season for the Nippo–Vini Fantini cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

Nippo–Vini Fantini
2015 season
UCI codeVFN
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerHiroshi Daimon
Main sponsor(s)Farnese vini & Nippo
BasedItaly
BicyclesDe Rosa
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
One-day races-
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages9

2015 roster
Rider Date of birth
 Giacomo Berlato (ITA) (1992-05-05)5 May 1992 (aged 22)
 Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 29)
 Didier Chaparro (COL) (1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 27)
 Daniele Colli (ITA) (1982-04-19)19 April 1982 (aged 32)
 Damiano Cunego (ITA) (1981-09-19)19 September 1981 (aged 33)
 Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA) (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28)
 Iuri Filosi (ITA) (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 22)
 Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) (1992-09-04)4 September 1992 (aged 22)
 Manabu Ishibashi (JPN) (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 22)
Rider Date of birth
 Shiki Kuroeda (JPN) (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 22)
 Alessandro Malaguti (ITA) (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 27)
 Nicolas Marini (ITA) (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 21)
 Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 22)
 Emanuele Onesti[N 1] (ITA) (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 (aged 19)
 Mattia Pozzo (ITA) (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 25)
 Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 23)
 Antonio Viola (ITA) (1990-09-21)21 September 1990 (aged 24)
 Genki Yamamoto (JPN) (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 23)
  1. Onesti joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Aran Cucine.

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
20 MayTour of Japan, Stage 3UCI Asia Tour Nicolas Marini (ITA) JapanMino
20 MayTour of Slovenia, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA) SloveniaKocevje
11 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, Stage 1UCI Asia Tour Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) JapanAsahikawa
12 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, Stage 2UCI Asia Tour Daniele Colli (ITA) JapanBiei
13 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, Stage 3UCI Asia Tour Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) JapanSapporo
13 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, OverallUCI Asia Tour Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) Japan
13 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, Points ClassificationUCI Asia Tour Daniele Colli (ITA) Japan
13 SeptemberTour de Hokkaido, Teams classificationUCI Asia Tour[N 1] Japan
6 OctoberTour of China, Stage 4UCI Asia Tour Daniele Colli (ITA) ChinaWuhan
9 OctoberTour of China, OverallUCI Asia Tour Daniele Colli (ITA) China
13 OctoberTour of China II, Stage 2UCI Asia Tour Nicolas Marini (ITA) ChinaShaoyang Langshan
14 OctoberTour of China II, Stage 3UCI Asia Tour Nicolas Marini (ITA) ChinaShaoshan
18 OctoberTour of China II, Stage 6UCI Asia Tour Nicolas Marini (ITA) ChinaZhuhai

Footnotes
  1. The riders on the squad were Riccardo Stacchiotti, Iuri Filosi, Daniele Colli, Genki Yamamoto and Giacomo Berlato
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References
  1. Barry Ryan (2 October 2014). "Cunego signs for Nippo-Vini Fantini". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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